AUSTIN — A rival of agriculture commissioner candidate Sid Miller is raising new questions about stock purchases and transfers Miller made with campaign funds but did not fully record in state financial disclosures.

The report by an aide to J Allen Carnes, the Uvalde mayor also seeking the GOP nomination for the post, highlights several potential discrepancies in Miller’s filings. They include stock purchases that don’t square with historical data and possible values of unrecorded dividend payments, among other things.

The Dallas Morning News reported in November that Miller, a former House member from Stephenville, made a loan to his campaign with interest and reported later on Miller’s stock purchases.

Todd Smith, a spokesman and strategist for Miller, said he wouldn’t comment on a “campaign attack effort that is coming from the Carnes campaign.”

Miller has said he transferred the bundle of stocks to his personal account to settle debts after losing his House seat, including debt from a $10,000 loan he had made to his campaign at an interest rate of 10 percent. Miller said the transactions were legal and conformed to Texas Ethics Commission rules. Financial disclosure reports did not have a space for him to note the transfers, he said.

The commission is investigating the $10,000 loan.

Hal Hensley, political director for Carnes, wrote that Miller should answer specific questions about the stocks. “Being forthcoming with the documentation supporting the answers will go a long way in satisfying the mystery surrounding these missing assets,” Hensley said in the report.

He calls on Miller to show proof of the stock transfers and verify that he reported the activity to the IRS.

Also running for the Republican nomination are Eric Opiela of Karnes City, Tommy Merritt of Longview and Joe Cotten. Kinky Friedman, Asa Fitzsimons and Jim Hogan are vying for the Democratic nomination. The primaries are March 4.

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